West Ham United introduced five players in the off-season, including defender Edger, goalkeeper Arreola and striker Scaramara, to strengthen the front, center and back three lines. Last season, although the final stage failed to survive, but the team is also a strong contender for the impact of the European Cup, so the team's overall performance this season is not to be underestimated. Although the first round of the defending champion Manchester City, but the team has been 3 consecutive years at home against Manchester City have not tasted defeat, the psychological aspects of this round is not allowed, the team's overall play is more worthy of expectation.
On the contrary, Manchester City, the team in the last round of the Community Shield 1-3 defeat competitors, for the team's overall morale hit quite a big blow, but also to a certain extent exposed the team's problems, the team's overall integration is still not up to the requirements, although the introduction of a strong front line, but the players have not yet adapted to the abundance of its. Coupled with the formation in the off-season out of a large number of players, the current overall front line personnel is not a lot. The team's last round also exposed is the team's defense is still quite a hidden problem, especially in the face of the power or toughness of the team, most of them will lose the ball problem, this round to face the strength of not
